museum
/mjuːˈzɪəm
/noun
A building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited: [as name]: the Museum of Modern Art the museum is noted for its fine fossil collection [as modifier]: a museum curator figurative it is difficult to avoid the feeling that the city is now a living museum...
- Yet public interest in visiting such museums and historical sites is not always so keen.
- Often the museums are set in buildings that have as much interest as the things they contain.
- The software will be of interest to schools and museums, as well as town planners.
Origin
Early 17th century (denoting a university building, specifically one erected at Alexandria by Ptolemy Soter): via Latin from Greek mouseion 'seat of the Muses', based on mousa 'muse'.